The Manning Award, sponsored by the Allstate Sugar Bowl, announced its 10 finalists for this year's award on Tuesday. The winner will be announced after the bowls in January and will be honored at a ceremony in New Orleans. The Manning Award was created by the Allstate Sugar Bowl in honor of the college football accomplishments of Archie, Peyton and Eli Manning. It is the only quarterback award that takes the candidates' bowl performances into consideration in its balloting.

Manning Award Finalists, 2013-14

Name

Cl.

School

QBR

C

A

Pct.

Yards

TDs

INTs

Wins

Rush

Derek Carr

Sr.

Fresno St.

84.1

350

502

0.697

3948

39

4

10

104 yds, 2 TDs

Johnny Manziel

So.

Texas A&M

81.5

246

356

0.691

3537

32

13

8

665 yds, 8 TDs

Bryce Petty

Jr.

Baylor

87.6

180

281

0.641

3351

26

1

9

173 yds, 10 TDs

Teddy Bridgewater

Jr.

Louisville

84.3

245

345

0.71

3268

25

3

10

37 yds, 0 TDs

Tajh Boyd

Sr.

Clemson

75.1

233

346

0.673

3248

29

7

10

257 yds, 8 TDs

Jameis Winston

Fr.

Florida St.

91.2

199

286

0.696

3163

32

7

11

126 yds, 3 TDs

Marcus Mariota

So.

Oregon

87.2

210

326

0.644

3127

27

2

9

529 yds, 9 TDs

Aaron Murray

Sr.

Georgia

77.9

225

347

0.648

3075

26

9

7

186 yds, 7 TDs

Jordan Lynch

Sr.

Northern Illinois

77.6

207

312

0.663

2418

21

5

11

1,434 yds, 17 TDs

AJ McCarron

Sr.

Alabama

79.4

190

277

0.686

2399

23

5

11

5 yds, 0 TDs

While the statistics for the group are exemplary, one stat stands out above the rest - they have combined to win nearly 90 percent of their games with an overall record of 96-12; six of the quarterbacks have already led their teams to double-figures in wins. The finalists average over 3,000 passing yards and 28 passing touchdowns while averaging less than six interceptions each. Showing the increasing number of dual-threat quarterbacks, three of the finalists have rushed for over 500 yards this year, while the full group has totaled 64 rushing touchdowns.

"This has been another great year for quarterbacks; and it's getting more interesting as the games get bigger," Archie Manning said. "We really appreciate our selection committee's work in choosing this outstanding group of finalists. I'm looking forward to seeing how they all do over the next couple of weeks and through their bowl games as we prepare to honor our 10th winner in January."

This year's group includes six returning finalists from last year (Boyd, Lynch, Manziel, Mariota, McCarron and Murray). There are five seniors on the list, as well as two juniors, two sophomores and one freshman. The finalists come from seven different conferences, including the Southeastern Conference with three honorees, the Atlantic Coast Conference with two, and the American Athletic, the Big 12, the Mid-American, the Mountain West and the Pac-12 with one each.

The winner is scheduled to be announced on Wednesday, Jan. 8.

The Manning Award will be recognizing its 10th winner this year. USC's Matt Leinart was the inaugural winner of the award in 2005, followed by Texas' Vince Young in 2006. Both went on to be top 10 NFL draft picks. In 2007, LSU's JaMarcus Russell earned the award and was the NFL's No. 1 draft pick. Boston College's Matt Ryan claimed the award in 2008 and was drafted No. 3, quickly becoming the starting quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons. In 2009, Florida star Tim Tebow earned the honor - he also went on to be selected in the first round of the NFL Draft. The 2010 winner was Texas signal-caller Colt McCoy, then the winningest quarterback in college football history, who was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the draft. McCoy was followed by top-two NFL Draft picks - Auburn's Cameron Newton earned the award in 2011, prior to being selected No. 1 overall by the Carolina Panthers and then Robert Griffin, III, from Baylor, was the 2012 winner prior to being the No. 2 overall pick by the Washington Redskins. This past season's winner was Texas A&M star Johnny Manziel, who became the first freshman to earn the honor.